Haikus for a Water Lantern Festival

I'm writing again!  I don't know why I let it go so long.  But my poetry has become a comfort in this challenging year.

These were written for a Water Lantern Festival.  I wrote them on the paper water lantern I released out into the pond.  They represent the loss I have experienced, the strength I have found as I faced that loss, and the hope for a new chapter.

Haikus
By Rebecca Klamert

sand, shells, salt water
slip through my fingers freely
waves retreat to sea

roots, branches, and limbs
stretch as deep as wide as high
weathered, worn, yet stands

black of night transforms
first blue, then golden red
my eyes see anew

Haiku poems

We were out on a boat yesterday evening and I took advantage of the beautiful weather and scenery to try writing a few Haiku poems something I hadn't really done before.  So here are four Haiku poems that I wrote.

The Willow Tree

Yellow-green glowing

flows to be one with the water.

A child hides beneath.

Honk Honk

In concert they soar

inches atop the surface.

Fish scurry below.

The Kayak

Orange flecks reflect sun,

parting the water, propelling

through the shade and breeze.

On the Dock

Bobbing and swaying,

rolling waves wash over the rocks.

The sun warms my face.